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June 12, 1945

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 9 1
Pirates 9 15 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 9 1
Pirates 9 15 0

Don Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .328
OBP .750 .353
At Bats 3 131
Hits 2 43
• Singles 2 35
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 5
RBI’s 0 19

Al Gerheauser Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Forbes Field - June 12, 1945
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Out
Al Gerheauser
Bill Salkeld
Babe Dahlgren
Pete Coscarart
Lee Handley
Vic Barnhart
Al Gionfriddo
Johnny Barrett
Bob Elliott
Don Johnson
Lennie Merullo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 9 1 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 15 0 10
Winning Pitcher Al Gerheauser
Losing Pitcher Hank Wyse
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Gerheauser
Attendance 15,126
Time of Game 2 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Stan Hack. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Frank Secory pinch hits for Mack Stewart. Secory hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Merullo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Coscarart hits a line drive into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mack Stewart now pitching. Dahlgren hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Salkeld hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo scores. Elliott moves to third.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gionfriddo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Barrett hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Livingston hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 8 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Becker scores.
Top 8 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Becker moves to third.
Top 8 Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gerheauser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dahlgren scores. Barnhart moves to second.
Bottom 7 Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hennessey fields it and throws to second for the out. Dahlgren moves to third.
Bottom 7 Coscarart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dahlgren moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Salkeld scores.
Bottom 7 Salkeld hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Salkeld reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 George Hennessey now pitching. Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ed Sauer pinch hits for Paul Erickson. Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Merullo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo. Merullo reaches second base with a double. Livingston moves to third.
Top 7 Livingston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pafko strikes out.
Top 7 Al Gionfriddo now playing left field. Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Cavarretta reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Russell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Barrett hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gerheauser moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gerheauser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Barnhart strikes out.
Top 6 Becker hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Russell scores. Elliott moves to third.
Bottom 5 Paul Erickson now pitching. Salkeld takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gerheauser scores. Barrett scores. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Russell takes first base on ball four. Barnhart scores. Gerheauser moves to third. Barrett moves to second.
Bottom 5 Barrett is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Handley bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Barnhart moves to third. Gerheauser moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gerheauser bunts towards the mound. Wyse fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Barnhart moves to second.
Bottom 5 Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Wyse hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Merullo hits a line drive into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Livingston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott throws the ball in to Barnhart who tags Nicholson trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Salkeld hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Barrett strikes out.
Bottom 3 Livingston throws to second, with Merullo covering, and has Gerheauser trapped. There's the throw to Hack who tags Gerheauser for the out. Handley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Handley bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Barnhart scores. Gerheauser moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Gerheauser hits a line drive to left field. Cavarretta throws towards third. Hack fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hack. Coscarart scores. Barnhart moves to third.
Bottom 3 Barnhart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coscarart moves to second.
Bottom 3 Coscarart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gerheauser, and towards Barnhart, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wyse strikes out.
Top 3 Merullo hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Salkeld hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becker scoops it up and throws to first, with Wyse covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Handley is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Becker strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.